Hemant Taneja (@htaneja) / X

Hemant Taneja

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Hemant Taneja

@htaneja

Silicon Valley

Joined March 2009

Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Mar 11, 2023
Several VC leaders met today to discuss the aftermath of SVB’s downfall. This is a joint statement from all of us. @Accel @altcap @BCapitalGroup @generalcatalyst @eladgil @GreylockVC @khoslaventures @kleinerperkins @lightspeedvp @MayfieldFund @Redpoint @RibbitCapital @upfrontvc
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Oct 24, 2024
.@generalcatalyst has raised ~$8Bn of new capital, across core VC, Creation strategy, and SMAs, to invest in the most ambitious entrepreneurs driving transformation and resilience in AI, Defense, Climate & Energy, Industrials, Healthcare, and FinTech:
Announcing Fund XII: Let’s Venture Beyond
From generalcatalyst.com
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Mar 12, 2023
Relieved that FDIC has protected deposits. Continuity for thousands of companies & paychecks for millions, at 0 taxpayer cost. Must figure out how the critical services SVB provided for tech/vc thrive in SVB/successor. Proud of industry collaboration to catalyze this outcome.
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Nov 14, 2023
Today, 35+ VC firms, with another 15+ companies, representing hundreds of billions in capital have signed the voluntary Responsible AI commitments from @ResponsibleLabs (RIL), the non-profit I co-founded. As Chairman of RIL, I’m proud to unveil this today with tech leaders and
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Sep 22, 2025
You might hate what I have to say, that doesn’t make it wrong. Venture equity dollars are allocated on a relative basis. 3/3/2/2 are not the fastest growth assets today. That’s just the truth. That doesn’t mean 3/3/2/2 are bad companies, they’re just not venture equity relevant
Harry Stebbings
@HarryStebbings
Sep 21, 2025
"Triple, triple, double, double is dead. Going from $1M to $3M to $9M is not interesting. You have to go $1M to $15M to $100M." @chetanp @honam @rabois @jasonlk @bdeeter @ttunguz is triple triple double double dead? Have our growth expectations changed forever?
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Mar 14, 2023
At @generalcatalyst we are continuing to work actively with Silicon Valley Bank as are a number of other venture firms: @BessemerVP @GreylockVC @lightspeedvp @Lux_Capital @MayfieldFund @Redpoint @svangel @upfrontvc. We ask the rest of the global VC community to join us.
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Mar 31, 2023
(1/5) Today, @generalcatalyst is excited to tell you its Customer Value strategy, an innovative financial solution to help solve growth companies' biggest challenge: scaling sales & marketing and customer acq. without negatively impacting balance sheets
The Unbundling of "Growth" Equity
From generalcatalyst.com
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Mar 12, 2023
Great to see VC firms step up to help portfolio companies make payroll w/ very low interest loans. In addition to us at @generalcatalyst,@khoslaventures, @GreylockVC,@MayfieldFund,@kleinerperkins,@upfrontvc,@RibbitCapital, @Redpoint,@lightspeedvp, @altcap all doing same. Others?
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Mar 11, 2023
While there are many conversations underway, we are opening our statement to the broader VC Community to signal our collective need for a strong banking partner for our community. To add your firm, email [email protected]. tinyurl.com/VCCommunitySVB… #SVB
docs.google.com
Venture Capital Statement of Support for SVB
Venture Capital Statement of Support for SVB tinyurl.com/vccommunitysvbstatement On March 10, several venture capital leaders met to discuss the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s downfall. We...
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Feb 4, 2025
Today we are announcing @generalcatalyst Wealth: a transformative wealth management platform for the most ambitious founders, innovators, and leaders. GC Wealth is already at $2.3B in AUM with 21 team members, led by my partner @BreslinDave:
generalcatalyst.com
Unveiling GC Wealth
Today, we’re unveiling GC Wealth, our next-generation wealth management solution crafted to serve and empower founders, entrepreneurs, and high-potential individuals within GC’s Famiglia and beyond.
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Oct 16, 2023
(1/7) @GeneralCatalyst is joining forces with @lafamigliavc, one of Europe's most successful seed funds, combining our teams to bring a lot more intentionality to our collective work in Europe.
Our Growing Family: GC x LF
From generalcatalyst.com
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Apr 14, 2025
Today, I am really excited to announce that Yuri Sagalov (@yuris) is joining @generalcatalyst as a Managing Director to lead our seed efforts in the US. I have often said that our core at GC is early stage investing. Partnering with the most ambitious founders at seed enables
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
Oct 25, 2024
We’ve helped architect and lead a $900M+ Series A for Pacific Fusion, led by @eric_lander, Will Regan, and Keith LeChien, taking a big leap towards nuclear fusion through an innovative pulsed magnetic approach:
Our Investment in Pacific Fusion
From generalcatalyst.com
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Hemant Taneja
@htaneja
May 16, 2023
(1/7) Today we at @generalcatalyst are excited to announce a $50M investment with our good friends at @a16z for Hippocratic AI, the first LLM build specifically for the Healthcare industry, from our Creation Strategy.
Our Creation of Hippocratic AI
From generalcatalyst.com
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